Random Question Thread XIX: Welcome to Flavor Country

[Mojo]

Also I solo'd Temperance many a times.

Do this.

NIN/DNC full evasion, daggers, and katanas. I know NIN can also use H2H, but you do not want to be giving it any TP at all while it's in blund mode. Optic Induration x2 has the potential to end you (dieing melee hits while you're petrified) and worse if it decides to Meikyo Shisui while in this mode. So yeah, just turn around every time it starts changing til you know what it is and don't fuck with it in blunt mode. Keep finishing moves handy at all times for Desperate Flourish + kite when it does Meikyo Shisui (should do it twice throughout the fight.) Also turn around for I think around 90 seconds when it does Reactor Cool so ice spikes don't get you.

[Lyramion]

Is there any effective way to gold box farm trigs for Apademak/Alfard/Orthrus in a zone with maxed out light potency? I find that we get next to no boxes with 0 amber and then when we amber 1 mob they're all big gold most runs.

Let shitty mule without Abyssites get killshot? in before "let us turn off amber abyssites, too!"

[Konda]

Also I solo'd Temperance many a times.

Do this.

NIN/DNC full evasion, daggers, and katanas. I know NIN can also use H2H, but you do not want to be giving it any TP at all while it's in blund mode. Optic Induration x2 has the potential to end you (dieing melee hits while you're petrified) and worse if it decides to Meikyo Shisui while in this mode. So yeah, just turn around every time it starts changing til you know what it is and don't fuck with it in blunt mode. Keep finishing moves handy at all times for Desperate Flourish + kite when it does Meikyo Shisui (should do it twice throughout the fight.) Also turn around for I think around 90 seconds when it does Reactor Cool so ice spikes don't get you.

Thanks I was coming to strat like this, but was unable to figure out what to do about blunt 2hr. I didn't know you could land gravity fance on it. iirc, ele seal is needed for the spell version of gravity.

[Byrthnoth]

Thanks I was coming to strat like this, but was unable to figure out what to do about blunt 2hr. I didn't know you could land gravity fance on it. iirc, ele seal is needed for the spell version of gravity.

No Ele seal was needed for the Gravity spell at 75, and Temp has lost whatever level difference related magic evasion he had since then.

So you just back tank it during Blunt mode and wait for him to change out, Mojo? How long do these fights normally take? I still need the torque for an extra 3 HP on my Dancer's Waltz! <_<;

[Mojo]

Depends a lot on which modes he chooses to be in. Sometimes 15 mins, sometimes maybe like 30+ or something. I dunno.

[Guitarman]

Going to go after karkadann dualboxing my MNK+WHM duo. I've been one-shot by lightning spear before, and wiki says it can "charge" up spear 3x times, but doesn't go on to say how to prevent it. Any tricks to this fight to make it easier on myself?

[Mojo]

That fight is going to be difficult if you're using a monk tank and dual boxing. You can't counter anything that it does and 3/3 shadows are inadequate for not getting constantly Amnesia fucked. I highly recommend ninja tanking it (even if this means your WHM is procing blue), 5/4 shadows helps immensely. Ride ichi to absorb his constant charge attacks and cast Ni when you sense Rampant Stance is coming. If you're getting one shot by charge moves, especially on MNK, you're missing abyssites of merit so get those first. You might want to consider using Impregnable Tower over Apoc if you end up using ninja.

[Byrthnoth]

Depends a lot on which modes he chooses to be in. Sometimes 15 mins, sometimes maybe like 30+ or something. I dunno.

15 to 30+ sounds a hell of a lot better than when I used to duo it with RDM x2. Probably going to try this tonight on Dancer, I don't know what I'll use for Slashing yet as I think all our swords are piercing damage. I may end up hunting some Tres duendes!

My options for Slashing basically seem to be Lex Talonis (I don't have it, but could get it tonight I think) or Vampiric Claws. My Saber Dance testing has almost capped my H2H.

[Kibble]

Going to go after karkadann dualboxing my MNK+WHM duo. I've been one-shot by lightning spear before, and wiki says it can "charge" up spear 3x times, but doesn't go on to say how to prevent it. Any tricks to this fight to make it easier on myself?

If you see it charging its spear you can run through Karkadann to avoid the move completely.

[Eldelphia]

How do I get rid of the nasty lag whenever passing a crag, cav. maw, synergy pots, etc. Just came back and forgot what effects/options to turn on/off for best performance

Update your drivers. There have been some recent updates which have fixed these completely for me.

[Clash Perez]

For those recommending driver updates, what GPU are you using? I've had the same issue across every nVidia GPU I've had, including the 460 I have now.

Edit: Interesting, the 266.58 series specifically mentions FFXI improvements. I assumed they'd forgotten about the game by now.

Double-edit: Realized those're the drivers I've been using for the last month. I still have issues when running more than one instance and coming into view of the aforementioned sprites. Oh well.

[SephYuyX]

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/102...=1#post4437666

Augmented Haidate - in JP Twiiter

Hello,

On http://twitter.com/FFXI_JP there's a picture of augmented (through - DOH - synergy) Byakko's Haidate - what are the remaning stats? Can someone translate?

http://twitpic.com/42vbfw

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...65b6lQBRw1k%3D

Havent trranslated anything in years but..
First part looks like 被 which could mean.. under, cover, put on, recive, veil..
Second part is ダメーヅ which isnt a japanese word.. = dameji which I believe is damage.. soooo
So it may be cover damage -2, or just damage-2, or something.

[Byrthnoth]

Damage -2% and STR+6 on Haidates would be pretty sweet. Having to augment them on would not. I guess my mule starts the long road to 70 Synergy tonight.

[huckster]

it's STR+6, Acc+1 and P.Dmg -2%.

[ssjjfar]

Does haste from gear cap at 26% or something like 25.5%, and people just get 26 to only receive .5% for that last 1% they add?
In in general is it usually worth it for just .% if thats the case?

[Iremire]

Does anyone have that link to download the mods to fix the mog sack / change jobs / dbox menu i guess i still have old ui's or whatever and i dont have a sack option on my menu.

[Esvedium]

windower forums, it's called xiview, it's in the dat mod forum.

[Tsuko_Asura]

Does staff affinity boost damage from elemental weapon skills?

[Iremire]

thanks

[Isiolia]

Does haste from gear cap at 26% or something like 25.5%, and people just get 26 to only receive .5% for that last 1% they add?
In in general is it usually worth it for just .% if thats the case?

Haste is added in fractions of 1024. The actual gear haste cap is 256/1024, which is exactly 25%. The reason people go for 26% on gear is that the percent value listed on an item is more of an approximation of the actual value. To pull from the thread much of our knowledge comes from, many items seem to provide slightly less Haste than listed. IE, Dusk gloves are 30/1024, W. Turban is 50/1024, and so on. 'course, this doesn't seem to be absolute, so there's the possibility that some items may give more than indicated as well.

It's still somewhat in line with what you're thinking - you go for 26% listed to ensure that you hit 256/1024, and not 250/1024 or something, effectively adding that last point of gear haste to get a fraction of a percent out of it.

Worth it? Probably, unless you'd be sacrificing something bigger, like a 5-hit, in order to hit it.